# Ep 144: Jigs Jigs Jigs, Faberge Mic, Paranomal Electronics, and a 60-Tube Nixie Clock

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2021-11-12
- Length: 51m
- Episode: 144
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-11-12-ep-144-jigs-jigs-jigs-faberge-mic-paranomal-electronics-and-a-60-tube-nixie-cloc
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep-144-jigs-jigs-jigs-faberge-mic-paranomal-electronics-and-a-60-tube-nixie-clock

## Summary

Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams review a week of hardware hacks, highlighting a high-fidelity DIY microphone built with brass and an Audio 1512 amplifier, and a monumental 60-tube Nixie clock driven by an FPGA and ESP32. They also discuss a 16x16x16 RGB LED cube requiring extensive jig-based assembly, a cardboard pulp molding process, and a detailed teardown of a 'radionic analyzer' scam device. The episode concludes with an analysis of the physics behind electronic miniaturization and the recent PS5 root key dump.

## Chapters

- [0:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-11-12-ep-144-jigs-jigs-jigs-faberge-mic-paranomal-electronics-and-a-60-tube-nixie-cloc#t=2) Introduction and PS5 Root Keys
- [9:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-11-12-ep-144-jigs-jigs-jigs-faberge-mic-paranomal-electronics-and-a-60-tube-nixie-cloc#t=543) DIY Fabergé Microphone Build
- [13:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-11-12-ep-144-jigs-jigs-jigs-faberge-mic-paranomal-electronics-and-a-60-tube-nixie-cloc#t=829) Cardboard Pulp Molds and Filament Dryers
- [21:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-11-12-ep-144-jigs-jigs-jigs-faberge-mic-paranomal-electronics-and-a-60-tube-nixie-cloc#t=1304) 60-Tube Nixie Clock and CNC Router
- [28:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-11-12-ep-144-jigs-jigs-jigs-faberge-mic-paranomal-electronics-and-a-60-tube-nixie-cloc#t=1698) 16x16x16 RGB LED Cube Engineering
- [34:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-11-12-ep-144-jigs-jigs-jigs-faberge-mic-paranomal-electronics-and-a-60-tube-nixie-cloc#t=2042) Quick Hacks: SMD Jigs, Magnetic Levitation, and Pokemon RAM
- [38:25](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-11-12-ep-144-jigs-jigs-jigs-faberge-mic-paranomal-electronics-and-a-60-tube-nixie-cloc#t=2305) Radionic Analyzer Teardown and Weird Al's PC
- [43:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-11-12-ep-144-jigs-jigs-jigs-faberge-mic-paranomal-electronics-and-a-60-tube-nixie-cloc#t=2634) Physics of Electronic Miniaturization

## Topics

- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [Security & privacy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/security-and-privacy)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- PS5 (product)
- Fail Overflow (other)
- Audio 1512 (chip)
- ESP32 (chip)
- FPGA (chip)
- WS2812 (chip)
- PL9823 (chip)
- OpenSCAD (tool)
- KiCad (tool)
- Raspberry Pi 400 (product)
- FRAM (chip)
- Hackaday Remoticon (other)

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- [474: The Doublemint Gum Remote Control](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-03-07-474-the-doublemint-gum-remote-control) (Making It)
- [197: Smell the Transistor](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-04-26-197-smell-the-transistor) (Embedded.fm)
- [033 - All Over the Place](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2020-04-27-033-all-over-the-place) (Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast)
- [An Interview with Greg Davill](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2020-01-06-an-interview-with-greg-davill) (The Amp Hour)

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